diff --git a/scripts/run_utils.sh b/scripts/run_utils.sh
index ccf9ab65ac6c008a9d46a99aaad6337279ed29c9..d390026667db11e696be35cf0c748398135f847a 100755
--- a/scripts/run_utils.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_utils.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ function setup_conda_env() {
   export EMAIL_CRED=${envs}/credentials/Cred_gmail.json
 
   # activate venv environment of python modules so they can be imported
-  venv=${envs}/conda/venv;
-  source ${venv}/venv/ews_prod/bin/activate;
+  venv=${envs}/venv;
+  source ${venv}/ews_prod/bin/activate;
 }
 
 function teardown_conda_env() {